Architecture Appeal Fund [F20071]

1. The Architecture Appeal Fund formerly known as the 'Chair of Architecture Appeal Fund' is used for—

(a) the financing of visits to the University by eminent academics and practitioners in architecture or allied fields for which purpose $8000 is set aside annually; and

(b) expenditure on equipment or other items which cannot normally be financed from general University funds.

2. The Head of the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, in consultation with the representative of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects on the Faculty, may approve the use of the Architecture Appeal Fund for applications to the value of $3000.

3. Applications above the value of $3000 may only be approved by the Dean, having regard to the recommendation of the representative of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects on the Faculty.

Artists with Disabilities Fund of The University of Western Australia [F18127]

The University of Western Australia having set aside as a fund for grants to disabled artists, a sum of money representing interest earned on a donation made by Mr L. Wilson to The University of Western Australia in 1987 for construction of the University's new art gallery building (Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery) in accordance with Mr L. Wilson's express wishes, the fund is established.

The fund is administered and the grants awarded in accordance with the following guidelines.

1. The fund is called the Artists with Disabilities Fund of The University of Western Australia.

2.(1) The objects of the fund are—

(a) to make available out of the fund's income or capital up to two annual scholarships or grants, one each to a male and a female, in each financial year, to applicants who have satisfied the committee of their eligibility; and

(b) to bring a prominent disabled artist from outside Western Australia to teach and inspire young Western Australian disabled artists at The University of Western Australia campus or elsewhere in the community.

(2) The fund may also be used for any other purpose which will assist young disabled artists.

3. To be eligible for consideration applicants must—

(a) be physically disabled in some way; and

(b) demonstrate that a grant or scholarship from the fund would either—

(i) advantage them by extending or improving their particular artistic skill or ability in a way which would strengthen their self-reliance; or

(ii) result in benefits to other members of the disabled community as a result of their sharing of information, skills or techniques acquired through the scholarship or grant from the fund.

4.(1) The fund will be administered initially by a committee comprising:

(a) Mr Wilson or a member of his family either approved by him or with a direct relationship to him by blood or marriage;

(b) the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia;

(c) a lay member of the Senate of The University of Western Australia nominated by it; and

(d) an academic, artist or disabled community worker or administrator.

(2) The committee solicits applications from members of the disabled community in Western Australia or as it sees fit elsewhere, and may solicit additional fund capital from the general community.

(3) The committee meets on no less than 14 days' notice after the specified closing date for applications to consider applications received in any financial year and may resolve to award grants or scholarships in accordance with the purpose of the fund.

(4) The committee may meet at any time upon reasonable notice to all members.

5. Any income not awarded by way of scholarship or grants in a financial year is carried forward and is available for award in following years.

6.(1) The fund is invested with The University of Western Australia's general investment funds but separately accounted for in the University's accounts.

(2) Payments from the fund are made only upon receipt of a signed authority from two members of the committee.

7.(1) The University of Western Australia has responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the fund and in particular for—

(a) the placing of advertisements, requests or invitations for applications (as directed from time to time by the committee);

(b) acknowledging applications;

(c) notifying applicants of the outcome of their applications;

(d) reporting to each committee meeting the status of the fund and accumulated income;          

(e) keeping minutes of committee meetings; and

(f) attending to all other administrative matters as directed by the committee from time to time.

(2) Expenses incurred in administering the fund may be charged to the fund income only on the authority of the committee.

8. Recipients of an award are encouraged and entitled to publicise the fact that they have received it and the purpose for which it was granted but are not permitted to disclose or publicise the amount awarded.

Barry Armour Memorial Award [F5109]

The late Barry Armour, civil engineer and former long-standing patron of the University Engineers' Club (UEC), having bequeathed part of his estate to the UEC to provide an annual award to contribute to the cost of travel, equipment hire and course costs for one UWA Engineering student to undertake an adventure activity course (e.g. mountaineering, sea-kayaking, etc.) in the Mount Aspiring National Park or such other on the South Island of New Zealand, a fund is established to provide the Barry Armour Memorial Award. The award is made in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The object of the award is to encourage the recipient, through participation in an adventure activity, to appreciate the natural wonders and unsurpassed grandeur of scenery of the South Island and, in facing challenging situations, to develop their strength of character and leadership qualities.

2. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to finance the award.

3. To be eligible for consideration for the award an applicant must—

(a) be enrolled in an Engineering course offered by the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics;

(b) have completed at least 96 points but not more than 144 points towards the Engineering Course;

(c) have achieved 60 per cent or better course-weighted average; and

(d) be sufficiently physically fit to accomplish the chosen adventure activity.

4. The recipient must have made and continue to make a significant contribution to University and Faculty life through involvement with, and participation in, social, sporting activities and other non-academic activities and demonstrate an interest and involvement in, physical activity and the outdoors.

5. Activities for which awards may be made are limited to New Zealand Alpine Club approved courses or other structured activities with an emphasis on self-reliant travel in the mountains or wilderness areas.

6. The amount of the award is advertised prior to the request for applications and the recipient must provide additional funds sufficient to cover the difference between the value of the award and the costs of travel, equipment hire and course costs.

7. The selection committee for the award comprises the University Engineers' Club Executive Committee and the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics.

8. The award is administered through the Board of Examiners in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics.

9. The University Engineers' Club may supplement the award from funds raised for such a purpose.

10. The University Engineers' Club must, at the commencement of each year, give details of the purpose and philosophy of the award to all students eligible to apply and state the closing date for applications.

11. Should the award be discontinued, any remaining money must be directed to another award administered by the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics with aims similar to those of the Barry Armour Memorial Award.

12. If in the opinion of the selection committee there are no applicants of sufficient merit the award will not be made.

Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration [F20076]

Dr Bruce Atlee Hunt was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a foundation member of the then Faculty of Medicine in The University of Western Australia. During World War II he endured with great courage the privations of imprisonment and displayed extraordinary concern for his fellow prisoners-of-war. After a vigorous life Dr Hunt died on 29 October 1964.

The sum of $2727 having been raised by an appeal organised by the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the then Faculty of Medicine of The University of Western Australia to provide a memorial to the late Dr Bruce Atlee Hunt and having been presented to the University in 1966 to establish (together with any further sums that may be raised for this purpose) the Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration Trust Fund, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund is used to finance the Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration.

2. From time to time as sufficient income becomes available but not more frequently than biennially, an individual distinguished in the field of medicine or an allied science is selected by a committee comprising:

(a) the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry;

(b) the Professor of Medicine; and

(c) a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians nominated by its Council and invited by the Vice-Chancellor to deliver the Bruce Atlee Hunt Memorial Oration on a topic related to the orator's own speciality or interest.

3. The oration will be open to undergraduates and graduates in medicine and other interested scientists.

4. The terms and conditions, as to emoluments, expenses and other matters, under which the oration is delivered is determined by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the selection committee.

5. These regulations may, from time to time, be altered by the University with the consent of the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

C.-C. Huang Memorial Fund [F5378]

A sum of $2369 having been subscribed by friends, students and colleagues of the late Dr C.-C. Huang, several years a lecturer and later a senior lecturer in the then Department of Mechanical Engineering, and this amount having been donated to the University to establish (together with any further sums that may be subscribed for this purpose) a trust fund in his memory, the C.-C. Huang Memorial Fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to finance, wholly or partly, occasional lectures in a mechanical engineering research topic to be known as the C.-C. Huang Memorial Lectures.

2.(1) The lectures are arranged by a committee consisting of:

(a) the Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering; and

(b) two other members elected by and from the academic staff of the School of Mechanical Engineering.

(2) The term of office for an elected member is three years.

(3) A member is eligible for re-election at the end of their current term of office.

3. The committee may arrange lectures in conjunction with other bodies.

4. The terms and conditions, as to emolument, expenses and other matters, under which each lecture is to be given are determined by the committee.

5. Any income from the fund not used in any one year may either be carried forward for use in future years or added to the capital as recommended by the committee.

Charles and Joy Staples South-West Region Publications Fund [F20095]

Note: These regulations are subject to Senate approval.

Charles and Joy Staples having donated $100,000 to the University for the purpose of making the results of research on the south-west region of Western Australia (i.e. the South-West Statistical Division) widely available so as to assist the people of the south-west, and those in government and private organisations concerned with projects in the south-west, to appreciate the needs and possibilities of the region in the widest possible historical perspective, a fund is established for this purpose. The fund is governed in accordance with the following regulations.

1.(1) The income from the capital sum after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is available (either by full or part subvention) for publication by The University of Western Australia Press, of books of merit in any discipline relevant to the south-west region, which may include work for doctoral, master's or honours dissertations and also for papers, collections of scholarly and other articles, bibliographical works and reports, etc.

(2) Unexpended income in any year is added to the capital sum, save that money recovered from book sales remains available in the Income and Expenditure Account.

2.(1) A South-West Region Publications Fund Committee is established as a standing committee of The University of Western Australia Press Advisory Board and consists of:

(a) two members of the Press Advisory Board plus the Deputy Chair of the Press Advisory Board or nominee as chair;

(b) up to three persons co-opted by the committee with regard to the major areas embraced by the fund's publications; and

(c) a nominee of the Vice-Chancellor and Mr Charles Staples Jr (ex-officio).

(2) The committee is responsible to the Chair of the Press Advisory Board and reports through him to the Senate on the operation of the fund.

(3) The committee meets at least once per semester to review the financial position of the fund, to consider submissions for subvention and to advise the Press Advisory Board on matters relevant to the operation of the fund.

(4) The committee from time to time considers how future contributions to the fund might be attracted from interested parties in Western Australia, and especially from the south-west region.

3. The committee must ensure that each publication supported by the fund—

(a) has a distinctive logo;

(b) contains details of other fund publications;

(c) acknowledges the support of the fund; and

(d) is distributed at the time of the publication and at the fund's expense and the committee's discretion to selected institutions in the southwest region.

4. The University of Western Australia Press is responsible for the marketing of the remainder of each publication.

Sir Charles and Lady Court Music Fund [F7993]

The Honourable Sir Charles Court, KCMG, OBE, MLA, Hon.LLD (WA), then Premier of Western Australia and Lady Court having donated the sum of $25,000 in 1981 to establish a fund for the development of music, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to provide:

(a) awards for graduates holding the degree of Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Education (pass or honours) or Bachelor of Arts with a major in Music (pass or honours) of The University of Western Australia, to assist them to obtain more advanced musical experience outside Western Australia, such students to be called Sir Charles and Lady Court Music Scholars of The University of Western Australia;

(b) financial assistance towards the cost of bringing to the University distinguished musicians from outside Western Australia for short terms to perform and/or teach, such visitors to be called Sir Charles and Lady Court Visiting Musicians of The University of Western Australia.

2. The fund is administered by the Vice-Chancellor in accordance with the recommendations of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

3. Unexpended income in any year is carried forward and become part of the income available for expenditure in the following year—or capitalised—at the discretion of the Vice- Chancellor on the recommendation of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

Dr George Hondros Memorial Lectures [F5246]

A sum of $3027 having been subscribed by members of the Greek community and other friends, students and colleagues of the late Dr George Hondros, for many years a senior member of the staff of the then Department of Civil Engineering, and this amount having been donated to the University to establish an endowment fund in his memory, to be used to further teaching and research work in the School of Civil and Resource Engineering in association with professional training generally, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund is used to finance, wholly or partly, occasional lectures known as the Dr George Hondros Memorial Lectures.

2.(1) The lectures are arranged by a committee consisting of the Head of the School of Civil and Resource Engineering and four professional engineers, each with interests in structural engineering, elected by the teaching staff of the School of Civil and Resource Engineering.

(2) Of the elected members two are elected from members of the staff of the School of Civil and Resource Engineering and two from persons who are not members of the staff of the University.         

(3) The elected members hold office for four years but, of the four first elected, one is elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years and one for a term of three years.

(4) An elected member is, on retirement, eligible for re-election.

3.(1) From time to time, as sufficient income becomes available, the committee may invite experts in the fields of structural or civil engineering to deliver lectures in those fields.

(2) The committee is not bound by any rules regarding the number of lectures in any series or the frequency of lecture series but should attempt to arrange an annual lecture or lecture series.

(3) The committee may arrange lectures in conjunction with other bodies.

4. Any income from the fund not used in any year may either be carried forward for use in future years or added to the capital as recommended by the committee.

5. These regulations may be amended by the University provided that such amendments conform with the wishes of the donors as set out in the preamble above.

Edward Black Memorial Fund [F20073]

The sum of $2000 having been subscribed by members of the Australian Music Examinations Board, the WA Music Teachers Association (Inc.) and other friends of the late Edward Black who gave long and distinguished service to music and music education in Western Australia, and this amount having been presented to the University in 1973 to establish (together with any further sums that may be subscribed) a trust fund in his memory, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The fund is called the Edward Black Memorial Fund.

2. The income from the fund is used for special seminars, lectures or lecture/recitals for music teachers and master classes for students and teachers.

3. Any project financed from the fund must be linked with the name of Edward Black and his achievements for the Australian Music Examinations Board and the WA Music Teachers Association (Inc.).

4. Suitable individuals for invitation under the fund are chosen by a selection committee consisting of:

(a) the Head of the School of Music, as chair;

(b) a representative of the WA Music Teachers Association appointed by that association; and

(c) a person appointed by the Vice-Chancellor.

5. The terms and conditions, as to emoluments, expenses and other matters, under which each visit is made are determined by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the selection committee.

6.(1) In each year ten per cent of the income for that year is capitalised and the balance of the income is available for the purposes of the fund.

(2) If in any year the balance of the income available for the purposes of the fund is not used or not fully used the unexpended income is carried forward and added to the income available for the purposes of the fund in the subsequent year.

7. These regulations may, from time to time, be altered by the University after consultation with the selection committee, provided that the alterations conform with the wishes of the donors as expressed in these regulations.

Edward Shann Memorial Lecture in Economics [F7873]

1. The sum of $2200 raised by an appeal organised by the Western Australian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand (the Society) to provide a memorial to the late Professor Edward Owen Giblin Shann (1884-1935), a foundation professor of the University, first occupant of the Chair of Economics, and founder of the Society in Western Australia, and presented to the University in 1960, together with any further sums raised by the Society for the purpose and presented to the University and any sums added under the provisions of 6, is held by the University in trust as the Edward Shann Memorial Lecture Trust Fund (the fund).

2. The income from the fund is used to finance an annual memorial lecture, to be called the Edward Shann Memorial Lecture in Economics.

3. The lecture is a free public lecture and is held at The University of Western Australia.

4. The lecturer in each year is a leading authority in some branch of economic studies and the subject of each lecture is such as to make a significant contribution to economic thought in Australia.

5. The selection of the lecturer is done by a committee comprising a nominee of the Head of the School of Economics and Commerce who must be a senior academic in Economics, or, in their absence, a member of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce nominated by the Head of the School, and a member of the Society nominated by its Council and the arrangements for the lecture will be made by the Registrar of the University.

6. Any surplus income of the fund over expenditure in any year is added to and becomes part of the fund.

7. These regulations may from time to time be altered by the University with the consent of the Council of the Society.

Eileen Joyce Music Fund [F8045]

A sum of $37,600 having been donated to the University by Dr Eileen Joyce as a fund to assist the development of music in Western Australia, and as a personal contribution to the celebration in 1979 of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the State of Western Australia, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to provide—

(a) awards for students who have completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music (MusB) or Bachelor of Music Education (BMusEd) (pass or honours) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a major in Music (pass or honours) of The University of Western Australia, to assist them to obtain advanced keyboard experience outside Western Australia, such students to be called Eileen Joyce Music Scholars;

(b) financial assistance towards the cost of bringing to the University distinguished keyboard teachers and performers from outside Western Australia for short terms to perform and teach, such visitors to be called Eileen Joyce Visiting Musicians;

(c) grants for the purchase of keyboard music and related books for the University's Wigmore Music Library, such acquisitions to be collectively known as the Eileen Joyce Music Collection.

2. The fund is administered by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

3. Unexpended income in any year is carried forward and become part of the income available for expenditure in the following year.

4. These regulations may be amended during the donor's lifetime at her request, or with her concurrence, or after her death, by the Senate of the University provided that the amendments conform with the general intention of the donor as expressed in the regulations.

Flora Bunning Instrument Fund [F19330]

Miss Flora Bunning having donated a sum of $20,000 for the purpose, the Flora Bunning Instrument Fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used for the purchase of musical instruments, to be incorporated in a collection, and for the repair of these instruments.

2. Instruments from the collection may be lent with the authorisation of the Head of the School of Music to deserving students and, where appropriate, to musicians outside the University.

3. Authority for instrument purchases rests with the Vice-Chancellor who considers the advice of the full-time staff of the School of Music as presented by the Head of the School.

4. In accordance with the wishes of the donor, the University may accept contributions from any person to either the fund or the collection.

F. Mosey Visiting Scholar [F3609]

The late F. W. Mosey, a distinguished engineering graduate of this University, having donated to the University a sum of money to be used as an endowment fund commemorating the name of his father F. Mosey, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The purpose of the fund is to enable one or more highly qualified people each year to be invited to visit and contribute to the work of the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics for a short period.

2. Each visitor is called an F. Mosey Visiting Scholar.

3. The scholar is appointed by the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics and each engineering school in turn has the opportunity of submitting a nomination.

4. The annual income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, may be used to pay for travel and other expenses and emoluments as determined in each case by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics and the head of the appropriate engineering school.

5. The visitor is not permitted to hold any other scholarship or fellowship offered by this University during their term as an F. Mosey Visiting Scholar.

Francesco Vanzetti Memorial Lecture [F20098]

Friends and colleagues of the late Francesco Vanzetti, MA, a former lecturer in Italian and founder of Italian studies in Western Australia, having provided a sum of $1428 to establish an annual memorial lecture in his memory, a fund is established for that purpose. The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The annual income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to invite distinguished individuals to deliver an annual lecture to be known as the Francesco Vanzetti Memorial Lecture.

2. The lecture is given publicly and is on any Italian subject of potentially wide general interest.

3. The lecturer is selected annually by the Head of the School of Humanities following consultation with the Chair of the European Languages and Studies discipline group.

Frank Callaway Foundation for Music [F20074]

Colleagues, friends and admirers of Sir Frank Callaway having donated a sum of money to the University to mark his retirement at the end of 1984 and to establish the Frank Callaway Foundation for Music in honour of his outstanding contribution to the development of music and music education in the University, and both nationally and internationally, the Foundation is established. The funds of the Foundation are administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The annual income after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to support projects approved by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

2. Unexpended income in any year is either carried forward and becomes part of the income available for expenditure in the following year or capitalised at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

Franklin Broeze Memorial Fund [F3035]

The Franklin Broeze Memorial Fund is established in honour of the late Professor Franklin Broeze who was a member of the then Department of History from 1971 to 2001 and served his profession, the Department and the University with distinction during these thirty years and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used by the School of Humanities to provide financial assistance towards the cost of presenting a lecture by a speaker of international repute entitled the Franklin Broeze Memorial Lecture in History at The University of Western Australia.

2.(1) There is a Franklin Broeze Memorial Fund Committee comprising:

(a) two members of the History discipline group nominated for a two-year renewable term by the Head of the School of Humanities; and

(b) a representative of the Broeze family.

(2) The committee selects and invites an appropriate person to deliver the Franklin Broeze Memorial Lecture in History.

3. The lecture will normally be presented annually but the committee may vary its frequency as it deems appropriate.

4. If the committee determines that it is not possible in any particular year to use the funds for the Franklin Broeze Memorial Lecture in History, it has the discretion to allocate the income to commemorate Professor Franklin Broeze in an appropriate manner.

Geoffrey William Robinson Bequest [F20092]

The Geoffrey William Robinson Bequest was established in 1987 from half of the residuary estate of the late Mr G. W. Robinson for the development of music through the then Department of Music. The bequest is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. Capital and income from the bequest are used at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the members of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

2. The bequest may be used for any musical purpose considered appropriate but preference is given to projects other than those normally funded by the University and to those favoured by Mr Robinson as stated in his will, namely—

(a) public performance and student training in chamber music; and

(b) the University's Musicians-in-Residence scheme.

3. The name Geoffrey William Robinson must be associated with each activity funded from the bequest.

Gledden Trust [F7778]

The late Robert John Gledden having bequeathed the residue of his estate to the University so that the income would be used to promote and encourage education at the University by providing for scholarships in applied science, more particularly relating to surveying, engineering, mining or cognate subjects, and having expressed the hope that at least one of the scholarships would be a travelling scholarship, the Senate has determined for the time being to use the income as set out in the following regulations.

PART I — GENERAL

1. The income of the Gledden Trust is used to provide for—

(a) Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships;

(b) Robert and Maude Gledden Undergraduate Studentships; and

(c) Robert and Maude Gledden Postgraduate Scholarships.

2. (1) Awards made under 1(a) are administered by the Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee.

(2) Awards made under 1(b) and 1(c) are administered by the Scholarships Committee.

3. The Scholarships Committee determines the amount of available income to be allocated to each category of award, provided that sufficient funds are allocated each year for the award of at least one Robert and Maude Gledden Postgraduate Scholarship.

4. The Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee determines the eligibility of any candidate for an award under 1(a). The Scholarships Committee determines the eligibility of any student for an award under 1(b) or 1(c).

5. If in a year there are unspent or uncommitted funds for any category or categories of award, the Scholarships Committee may transfer them for allocation in that year in another category or other categories of award.

6. Unless the Senate directs otherwise, the unexpended income in a year is carried forward and becomes part of the income available for expenditure in the following year.

PART II — ROBERT AND MAUDE GLEDDEN VISITING SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS

1. The purpose of the Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships is to provide travel costs or travel costs and living expenses for scholars from outside Western Australia to visit the University and contribute to its work and activities in applied science, more particularly relating to surveying, engineering, mining or cognate subjects.

2. The fellowships are open to graduates who have doctoral degrees or equivalent qualifications or experience.

3. The awards are made by the Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee.

4. The membership of the Gleddon Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee is as follows:

(a) Director, Institute of Advanced Studies as chair;

(b) Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, or nominee;

(c) Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, or nominee;

(d) Dean of the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, or nominee;

(e) one member of the Academic Board appointed by the Chair of the Academic Board following consultation with the Chair of the Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee.

5. The period of tenure of a fellowship, which may vary from three calendar months to two years, the amount of the payments, and any other terms and conditions of a fellowship are determined by the Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee in each case and are the subject of a written agreement between the fellow and the University.

6. The Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowships Committee invites applications for fellowships at least once a year but may invite them twice a year by advertisement.

PART III — ROBERT AND MAUDE GLEDDEN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS

1. The purpose of the Robert and Maude Gledden Undergraduate Studentships is to assist students in their second or later academic year who are enrolled in undergraduate courses of the University pertaining to applied science, more particularly relating to surveying, engineering, mining or cognate subjects, to undertake one or two semesters of study overseas for credit to their degrees by providing assistance with travel costs and study-related or maintenance costs.

2. The studentships are administered by a committee comprising the Dean of the Graduate Research School and the members of the Frank Gamblen Scholarship Committee.

3. The number and value of studentships to be awarded in any year are determined by the Scholarships Committee.

4. The administering committee must ensure that the studentships are advertised on campus with details of closing dates and application procedures.

5. The studentships are awarded on the basis of academic merit.

6. In the event that the recipient of a studentship returns to Australia before completing the planned period of study, the administering committee determines, after receiving a report from the student concerned, whether any of the studentship funds must be repaid.

7. Unless the administering committee, in recognition of exceptional circumstances approves otherwise, applicants who hold a Frank Gamblen Scholarship, or another award which includes travel costs for the purpose referred to in 1, are not eligible for the studentship.

PART IV — ROBERT AND MAUDE GLEDDEN POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

1. Except as provided in these regulations, the conditions of the Australian Postgraduate Awards apply to the scholarships.

2. The purpose of the scholarships is to enable graduates of The University of Western Australia or another recognised University in Australia, who are permanent residents of Australia, to undertake at this University the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in applied science, more particularly relating to surveying, engineering, mining or cognate subjects.

3. Each scholarship comprises:

(a) a basic annual scholarship; and

(b) an additional sum to enable the recipient to undertake during the period of candidacy a period of overseas travel for the purposes of research or conference attendance.

4. The annual value of a scholarship and of the travel component is determined from time to time by the Scholarships Committee.

5. A scholarship is awarded for a period of up to three years but may be extended by up to six months in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Scholarships Committee.

6. Only graduates with a first class honours degree or the equivalent, as determined by the Scholarships Committee, are eligible for the scholarships.

7. (1) Applications for the scholarships must be submitted to reach the Executive Officer of the Scholarships Committee by a date fixed by the Scholarships Committee and advertised.

(2) Each application must contain particulars of the applicant's academic qualifications and the proposed programme of work to be undertaken under the scholarship.

8. The awards are made by the Scholarships Committee after it has considered reports on the candidates and on the postgraduate work they propose to conduct, obtained from such persons as the committee or the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training) may decide.

9. Any thesis, dissertation or other publication arising from research undertaken by the recipient while in receipt of a Robert and Maude Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowship must acknowledge the support of the scholarship and carry the University by-line.

10. (1) A student who holds a scholarship is ineligible for any other scholarship, fellowship or similar award within the gift of the University.

(2) If a student receives an award from any other source during the tenure of the scholarship, they must advise the Scholarships Committee which may reduce the amount of the scholarship by such amount as it may decide.

Hector and Andrew Stewart Memorial Lectureship [F20096]

The late Hector J. Stewart having in 1924 donated a sum of money to the University to establish a scholarship or exhibition which was never awarded, and the Supreme Court having on 24 February 1965 on an application of the University ordered a variation of the terms of the endowment to provide for the use of the fund as at that date constituted ($5320) together with any additions thereto, in the establishment of a lectureship to be called the Hector and Andrew Stewart Memorial Lectureship in memory of the late Mr Hector J. Stewart, MLC, and of the late Mr Andrew Stewart, a member of the teaching staff in Agriculture from 1937 to 1959, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The Hector and Andrew Stewart Memorial Lectureship is financed out of the income of the endowment fund together with any additions thereto.

2. From time to time as sufficient income becomes available but not more frequently than once a year an individual of distinction who is a distinguished worker in some branch of agricultural science may be invited to accept the lectureship.

3. The selection of suitable individuals for such invitations is made by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and five other persons elected by the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

4. The lecturer is paid an honorarium, the value of which is decided from time to time by the Vice-Chancellor, plus travel and accommodation expenses.

5. The lecturer must, during the tenure of the lectureship—

(a) give a formal lecture on a topic related to the lecturer's own speciality and open to undergraduate and graduate students of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and to other interested agricultural scientists;

(b) present several seminars to senior students and staff within the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences; and

(c) spend not less than a week at the University in discussion with agricultural scientists to learn of Western Australian activities and to communicate something of the lecturer's own knowledge and experience at a less formal level.

Irene Jackson Music Fund [F20077]

A sum of approximately $37,600 having been bequeathed to the University by the late Mrs Irene Jackson, a graduate of the University, to enable the study of music at the University through teaching, performance and research to be extended to the music of the Indian Ocean region and of other Asian countries, the Irene Jackson Music Fund is established for that purpose. The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income on the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to provide financial assistance towards the cost of bringing to the University performers, teachers and scholars (to be known as Irene Jackson Musicians-in-Residence) or for other appropriate projects through which a greater understanding of the peoples of the Indian Ocean region and other Asian countries can be developed through music.

2. The name of Irene Jackson must be referred to in promoting projects supported by the fund.

3. The fund is administered by a committee consisting of the Head of the School of Music and the full-time members of the academic staff of the school.

Jean Rogerson Bequest Fund [F20093]

1. Miss Jean Ethel Rogerson, MBE, BSc, ARACI, Warden of Convocation for two periods totalling eight years and a member of the University Senate for 30 years, died on 25 December 1993 and by her will left 30 per cent of the residue of her estate to the University as a capital fund with the income of it to be applied—

(a) as to one-third to be added in each year to the capital fund; and

(b) as to the remaining two-thirds to provide postgraduate fellowships and undergraduate studentships to be awarded on the basis of ability and not to be means tested.

2. The capital fund is known as the Jean Rogerson Bequest Fund.

3. The Jean Rogerson Bequest Fund received by the University was $ .....

4. The fund is invested in the absolute discretion of the Senate to produce income.

5. The fund is accounted for as a separate fund from the other funds of the University.

6. One-third of the income of the fund in each calendar year is added as soon as possible after the end of that calendar year to the fund and becomes a part of it.

7. The remaining two-thirds of the income of the fund in each calendar year is used as follows:

(a) One-third is divided equally between the faculties concerned, to provide Jean Rogerson Undergraduate Studentships in the Faculties of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Economics and Commerce, Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Law, Medicine and Dentistry, and Life and Physical Sciences.

(b) Two-thirds is used to provide Jean Rogerson Postgraduate Scholarships.

8. Any unexpended income of the fund is carried forward and used as income in the subsequent calendar year.

9. The Vice-Chancellor reports by 31 December 2000 and every five years thereafter, to the trustees to whom probate of Miss Rogerson's will was granted by the Supreme Court of Western Australia, on the use made by the University of the fund and its income.

10. The conditions for the award of Jean Rogerson Undergraduate Studentships in each faculty and for the award of Jean Rogerson Postgraduate Scholarships from the Jean Rogerson Postgraduate Scholarship Fund are published in the University's Scholarships, Prizes, Endowments volume.

John S. Lekias Memorial Lectureship in the Clinical Neurosciences [F20085]

A sum of $34,030 having been donated to the University by the family, friends and colleagues of the late Mr John Lekias, neurosurgeon, for the purpose of establishing an endowment fund in his memory, the fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to finance a lecture, normally to be presented biennially, and a programme of associated activities.

2. The lecture is called the John S. Lekias Memorial Lecture.

3. The lecturer, who must be a leading authority on diseases of the nervous system, is selected by a committee comprising:

(a) the Chair of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee of The University of Western Australia or nominee, who is convener;

(b) a member of the Lekias family nominated during his lifetime by Dr M. Lekias and thereafter by the senior direct descendant of Mr J. S. Lekias or nominee; and

(c) one representative selected by the Western Australian branch of the Australian Medical Association from each of the following groups:

(i) the neurosurgeons of Western Australia;

(ii) the neurologists of Western Australia;

(iii) the neuropathologists of Western Australia; and

(iv) such other neurosciences group as may be appropriate.

4. The lecturer is expected to be in Western Australia for a minimum of ten working days and during this time must—

(a) deliver a lecture honouring the late Mr J. S. Lekias, neurosurgeon;

(b) take part in the continuing education of the members of the clinical and scientific services to patients with diseases of the nervous system in Western Australia; and         

(c) complete a programme of activities organised by a committee comprising:

(i) the Chair of the neurosurgery group in Western Australia;

(ii) a member of the Lekias family nominated during his lifetime by Dr M. Lekias and thereafter by the senior direct descendant of Mr J. S. Lekias or nominee; and

(iii) at least one representative nominated by the Western Australian branch of the Australian Medical Association from each of the following groups:

· the neurologists of Western Australia;

· the neuropathologists of Western Australia.

5. The lecturer is required to prepare the lecture for subsequent publication in an appropriate journal of international renown.

6. On the occasion of the John S. Lekias Memorial Lecture, the lecturer is presented with a suitable inscribed medallion by a person appointed by the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee of The University of Western Australia.

7. The equivalent of a return first-class air fare from the lecturer's usual place of work to Perth is provided.

8. The lecturer is, if possible, accommodated in a hospital guest suite and is paid a daily allowance at the rate of Public Service allowance current at the time for the approved number of working days spent in Western Australia.

9. Administrative costs are met by the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee of The University of Western Australia.

Lily P. Kavanagh Fund [F18661]

The sum of $3000 having been subscribed by friends of Lily P. Kavanagh to commemorate her long and distinguished career in the theatre and in the teaching of speech and drama in Western Australia, a trust fund (to which further sums may be subscribed) to be called the Lily P. Kavanagh Fund, is established for the purpose and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1.(1) The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to promote speech and drama in Western Australia and is used for the following objectives:

(a) special seminars which are called Lily P. Kavanagh Seminars;

(b) master classes for students and teachers which are called Lily P. Kavanagh Classes;

(c) annual awards made to students under the awards scheme of the Australian Music Examinations Board in accordance with examination regulations, the recipients of the awards to be called Lily P. Kavanagh Scholars; and

(d) such other purposes, as are determined from time to time by the selection committee described in 2, and which relate to the work done by Lily P. Kavanagh in her professional career and are in accordance with the intentions of the fund.

(2) Unexpended income in any year is carried forward and added to the income available for the purposes of the fund in the subsequent year.

2.(1) A selection committee is appointed to administer the fund, comprising:

(a) the Chair of the Australian Music Examinations Board in Western Australia, who is chair of the committee;

(b) a representative of the Speech Teachers' Association of Western Australia appointed by that association; and

(c) a person nominated by the Vice-Chancellor.

(2) Each year the selection committee, at a meeting immediately following the annual examinations of the Australian Music Examinations Board—

(a) decides who will be invited to give special seminars or master classes in the ensuing year;

(b) selects the students to whom the annual awards for the year will be made; and     

(c) determines for what other purposes, if any, the income from the fund will be spent in the ensuing year.

Lugg Fund [F20086]

Lugg Nominees Pty Ltd having donated to the University property/assets to commemorate the association of Emeritus Professor J. W. H. Lugg, the University's Foundation Professor of Biochemistry, and members of the Lugg family with the University and for the promotion and development of Biochemistry, particularly but not exclusively in respect of individual student benefit, a fund to be known as the Lugg Fund is established for that purpose. The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1.(1) The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to provide—

(a) the Lugg Medal to be awarded each year to the student completing the course for the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Biochemistry who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Life and Physical Sciences, is the best student in that course provided that the student's performance ranks within the best 20 per cent of students for that year and the preceding six years;

(b) the Lugg Prize in Biochemistry to be awarded each year to the student completing the course for the degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours in Biochemistry who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Life and Physical Sciences, is the best student in that course;

(c) short-term student vacation scholarships in Biochemistry which will constitute 50 per cent of the nett disposable income from the Lugg Fund for that year;

(d) awards for postgraduate students in biochemistry to travel interstate or overseas to further their knowledge of biochemistry; and

(e) for any other purpose consistent with the purpose of the fund.

(2) When the recipient qualifies for both the Lugg Prize and the Lugg Medal, the prize will constitute 50 per cent of the nett disposable income from the Lugg Fund for that year.

(3) In the event that the recipient qualifies for the Lugg Prize but not the Lugg Medal, the value of the prize will constitute 25 per cent of the nett disposable income from the Lugg Fund.

(4) In the event that two students are of equal merit in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Life and Physical Sciences, the Lugg Prize and, if applicable, the Lugg Medal are awarded jointly for that year.

2. The fund is administered by the Vice-Chancellor, having regard to the recommendations of the Head of the School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences following consultation with the academic staff in biochemistry.

3. The tenure, emoluments and all other terms and conditions of scholarships, and the amount of and the conditions attached to travel awards, grants of financial assistance to distinguished visiting scholars and of all other allocations from the fund are determined by the Vice-Chancellor, having regard to the recommendations of the Head of the School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences.

4. Unexpended income in any year is either carried forward and becomes part of the income available for expenditure in the following year or capitalised at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor, having regard to the recommendation of the Head of the School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques Mooting Fund [F20087]

Messrs Mallesons Stephen Jaques, solicitors of Perth, having agreed to donate $5000 annually¹ to enable an annual mooting competition to be conducted within the Law School of The University of Western Australia, and to provide associated prizes, a fund is established for these purposes. The fund is governed in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The sum for the fund is $5000 in the first instance and is allocated as follows:

(a) $4000 for the appointment of a Mooting Adviser; and

(b) $1000 plus interest on unexpended balances in the fund for prizes and incidental disbursements.

2. The mooting competition is open to all students enrolled in The University of Western Australia for the degree of Bachelor of Jurisprudence or for the degree of Bachelor of Laws.

3. A mooting committee is established and consists of:

(a) a nominee of Mallesons Stephen Jaques;

(b) the Dean of the Faculty of Law, or nominee who is a member of the academic staff of the Law School;

(c) the President of the Blackstone Society, or nominee; and

(d) the Mooting Adviser, as convener.

4. The Mooting Adviser is appointed by the Faculty of Law.

5. The Mooting Adviser in consultation with the committee is responsible for organising and conducting the mooting competition.

6. Prizes are awarded by the Mooting Committee as follows:

(a) the A. H. Stone Prize, in memory of Alfred Hawes Stone, who commenced practice in the Colony of Western Australia in 1831, was one of the first practising lawyers in the colony, and founded the firm now known as Stone James Stephen Jaques, to the winner of the mooting competition;

(b) other prizes of lesser value.

7. The value, number and form of the prizes is determined by the committee.

 

¹ Initially for 1984, 1985 and 1986. The level of funding for 1985 and subsequent years will be determined prior to each year.

May and Joyce Marshall Music Fund of The University of Western Australia [F20088]

The May and Joyce Marshall Music Fund was established in 1982 by a donation of $15,000 by Miss May Marshall, MBE, prominent Western Australian educationist, whose sister, Miss Joyce Marshall, was for more than 20 years a member of the University Choral Society. The Misses Marshall actively supported many aspects of the cultural and educational life of Western Australia. At Miss May Marshall's request, a harp was purchased from the fund in memory of her sister for the then Department of Music.

The fund (together with any further donations) is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to continue and expand the work of the University's School of Music beyond that catered for by normal methods of University funding.

2. The names of Misses May and Joyce Marshall must be associated with projects supported by the fund.

Misha Strassberg Bequest [F20097]

The late Misha Strassberg's bequest of a sum of money to be used for the 'general purposes' of the University is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The bequest is called the Misha Strassberg Bequest.

2. The bequest is used as determined from time to time by the University Research Committee for all or any of the purposes specified in 3, 4 and 5.

3. Senior Fellowships in the Creative Arts: The University Research Committee may, but only on the recommendation of the selection committee constituted for this purpose by the Senate, appoint distinguished creative artists in any field as Senior Fellows in the Creative Arts to work in the University for appropriate periods of time.

4.(1) Visiting Research Professorships: The University Research Committee may appoint distinguished research workers in any field as Visiting Research Professors for periods of up to six months to participate in research programmes at the University.

(2) The school or centre in which the Visiting Research Professor is to work will be expected to provide such accommodation and research facilities and to meet such other associated expenses as may be necessary.

5. Visiting Research Lectureships: The University Research Committee may from time to time invite a person distinguished in research or research administration or research policy to give a lecture or series of lectures.

6. Both the capital of the bequest and the income on it are available and may be used either alone or with funds from other sources for the purposes referred to in 3, 4 and 5.

7. The University Research Committee determines the amounts of the emoluments and fees (including any travelling allowances, accommodation expenses, daily allowances and lecture fees that the committee thinks appropriate) to be paid to each senior fellow, research professor or research lecturer, provided that a senior fellow is to be paid at a rate which is no less than the rate at which an associate professor is paid.

8. The University Research Committee must also decide what contribution, if any, from the bequest is to be made to the cost of projects to be undertaken by Senior Fellows in the Creative Arts.

9. Persons appointed under 3, 4 or 5 are designated Misha Strassberg Senior Fellows, Research Professors or Research Lecturers of The University of Western Australia.

10. Particulars of the uses to which the bequest has been put must be reported to the Senate from time to time by the Vice-Chancellor.

M. J. Bateman Visiting Lectureship in Economics and Commerce [F20072]

Mrs M. J. Bateman having donated $10,000 to the University to be held in trust as a fund for a visiting lectureship to be called the M. J. Bateman Visiting Lectureship in Economics and Commerce in memory of her late husband, the fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The M. J. Bateman Visiting Lectureship in Economics and Commerce is financed out of the income of the trust fund.

2. From time to time as sufficient income becomes available the Vice-Chancellor may, on the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, invite an individual distinguished in some branch of Economics and Commerce to accept a lectureship on such terms and conditions as to length of tenure, duties, emoluments (if any), expenses and other matters as may be approved by the Vice-Chancellor, but subject to the condition that the lecturer is required to deliver at least one formal lecture on a topic related to his or her speciality to staff and students of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce and conduct on such a topic at least one seminar open to all members of the staff and all honours and postgraduate students of the faculty.

Noel and Zoe Hassell Botany Fund [F8036]

Mr Cleve Hassell having donated an initial sum of money, with the intention of augmenting it at intervals, for the purpose of establishing a fund in honour of his parents, Noel and Zoe Hassell, to support the study of botany at the University, the Noel and Zoe Hassell Botany Fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. There is a Noel and Zoe Hassell Botany Fund Committee comprising:

(a) the Head of the School of Plant Biology;

(b) two senior members of the academic staff of the School of Plant Biology; and

(c) Mr Cleve Hassell during his lifetime.

2. The income from the fund after capitalisation, as agreed by the committee, is used for any of the following purposes:

(a) to cover or assist with the costs of bringing a visiting scholar to the School of Plant Biology;

(b) to cover or assist with support for travel costs, equipment costs, or other approved costs for staff of the school or for a student or students undertaking a postgraduate research degree in botany;

(c) to provide or augment a scholarship for a student or students undertaking a postgraduate research degree in botany;

(d) to provide short-term assistance to postgraduate research students in botany who are in the final stage of writing up their theses;

(e) to provide funds to postgraduate research students in botany who have submitted their theses to enable them to prepare their research for publication;

(f) to provide funds for the employment as temporary teaching staff in plant biology of postgraduate research students who have submitted their theses; or

(g) for any other purpose, approved by the committee, which advances the study of botany.

3. Unused income from the fund is added to the capital sum.

4.(1) The committee meets in July each year to determine whether the income of the fund is sufficient, after capitalisation of interest, to justify expenditure.

(2) In years in which the committee determines that income is sufficient to justify expenditure, it must invite applications for support from the fund from all members of the academic staff and postgraduate research students in botany.

(3) The committee may add suggestions to those submitted under (2).

(4) The committee has absolute discretion in the allocation of income from the fund.

(5) The school must be advised of each allocation from the fund at its next school meeting.

5. If at any time after the donor's death the University is no longer able to use the fund in strict accordance with his intentions, it may vary these regulations appropriately, provided that the funds are used only for the advancement of the study of botany.

Patrick O'Brien Foundation [F535]

Colleagues, friends and admirers of the late Associate Professor Patrick (Paddy) O'Brien having donated a sum of money to The University of Western Australia to establish the Patrick O'Brien Foundation in honour of his outstanding contribution to issues of public policy and political debate in Australia, the Foundation is established, and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The objects of the Foundation are—

(a) to facilitate and fund awards and other projects, including the Patrick O'Brien Political Science Graduate Internship Award, which honours the memory of Patrick O'Brien; and

(b) to attract income to fund such projects.

2. All donors of at least $1000 to the Foundation are known as Patrick O'Brien Foundation Benefactors.

3. There is a Board of Trustees of the Foundation (the board), which comprises:

(a) the Vice-Chancellor or nominee;

(b) a nominee of the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies who must be a senior academic staff member in political science;

(c) three benefactors of the Foundation, preferably Foundation Benefactors, nominated by the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies following consultation with the academic staff in political science; and

(d) up to two members, if required, co-opted by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies following consultation with the academic staff in political science.

4.(1) The annual income from the Foundation's funds after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is available to support the Patrick O'Brien Political Science Graduate Internship Award and other projects approved by the board.

(2) The board is responsible for the allocation of the funds available in any year.

(3) Unexpended income in any year is either to be carried forward for expenditure in the following year, or capitalised at the discretion of the board.

5. The board invites all benefactors to a meeting at least once a year to discuss activities sponsored by the Foundation and fundraising issues.

6. In the event that the Foundation is for any reason discontinued, the Vice-Chancellor, in consultation with the board, has the authority to determine the distribution of any remaining funds, provided that the funds are used to advance graduate education and training in political science.

Paul Hasluck Fund for Conservation of Native Flora [F20075]

The late Paul Meerna Caedwalla Hasluck, a former student of the University and Governor-General of Australia, having bequeathed to The University of Western Australia the sum of $225,000 for the purposes of supporting research to promote the conservation of native flora in a specified area, a fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The purpose of the fund is to support research to promote the conservation of native flora on the Ridge Hill Shelf, the Darling Escarpment and the adjacent plateau (to ten kilometres east from the Darling Escarpment) extending from Muchea to Dardanup, as specified in the orders of the Supreme Court of Western Australia of 17 June 1996 in action CIV 1699 of 1995.

2. The fund is administered by a Paul Hasluck Fund Committee, comprising the Head of the School of Plant Biology or nominee (as chair), three academic staff in Botany appointed by the Head of the School of Plant Biology, and the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, or nominee who must not be a member of the academic staff in Botany.

3.(1) Interest on the fund is capitalised in accordance with Senate policy provided that no more than one-third of the annual interest is capitalised.

(2) The committee determines whether to expend interest only or a combination of capital and interest.

4. Subject to the provisions of 1, the committee has absolute discretion in the allocation of monies from the fund.

5. Where possible, research supported by the Paul Hasluck Fund must acknowledge the fact.

6. The Senate has the authority to amend these regulations from time to time provided that the provisions of 1 and 3(1) are not amended.

Rankine Bequest [F4143]

A sum of 20,000 pounds sterling having been donated to the University by Dr W. J. Rankine for use by the School of Dentistry, a bequest, called the Rankine Bequest, is established. The bequest is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income from the bequest after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used for the following purposes:

(a) research;

(b) travel by dental students in the clinical years of the course for the degree of Bachelor of Dental Science and by academic staff in the School of Dentistry; and

(c) for such other purposes as may be determined jointly by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and the Head of the School of Dentistry.

2. Allocations from the bequest for the purposes specified must—

(a) be determined jointly by the Head of the School of Dentistry and a member of the Faculty, other than a member of the School of Dentistry, who is appointed by the Faculty on the nomination of the Head of the School of Dentistry; and

(b) be reported annually to the Faculty.

Ruby Rose Maller Fine Arts Acquisition Fund [F18653]

Mr Albert John Maller having made a gift of $35,000 to the University to create a fund to be a perpetual foundation and to be known as the Ruby Rose Maller Fine Arts Acquisition Fund in memory of his late wife, Ruby Rose Maller, the fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The purpose of the fund is the acquisition of works of art by The University of Western Australia for the Ruby Rose Maller Collection.

2. Except as provided in 7, works of art from the Ruby Rose Maller Collection will be displayed from time to time in the Ruby Rose Maller Memorial Gallery of the University's Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

3. The fund is administered as a perpetual foundation with thirty per cent of the annual income capitalised and added to the trust fund and seventy per cent of the annual income made available for acquisitions.

4. Amounts made available for acquisitions need not be expended in the year of income but may be carried forward in part or in whole as circumstances and opportunities for suitable purchases may vary, provided that any carry-over be not accumulated to an unreasonable amount or for an unreasonable length of time in which case all or part of the accumulated funds must be capitalised and added to the trust fund.

5.(1) The fund is administered by the University Art Collection Board or such other body as may be charged by the Senate with responsibility for the University's Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery purchasing and exhibition programme.

(2) The administering body for the fund must include the Curator of Art or the future equivalent of the Curator, as a member and as professional adviser.

6.(1) The works of art acquired must be serious reflections of Australian culture and environment by Australian artists, and the works must be of high quality, both in execution and durability.

(2) Two-dimensional works may be figurative, still-life or landscape in the traditional mediums of water colour, oil, acrylic, pencil, charcoal, coloured chalks or other mediums such as woodcut, linocut or etchings.

(3) Three-dimensional works should be of traditional mediums such as bronze, wood, stone, ceramics or glass.

(4) It is not intended to exclude any works within the definition of Fine Arts, such as photographic works or works in precious metals including jewellery, but to specifically exclude any work that can be regarded as bizarre, grotesque or obscene.

7.(1) Works of art purchased by the fund remain part of the University's art collection and when displayed in the Ruby Rose Maller Memorial Gallery or in any other University art gallery or building, or when on loan to other public institutions, must be suitably labelled and acknowledged.

(2) Any catalogue or book must include an acknowledgement and, in accordance with normal art museum practice, indicate the source of funding.

8.(1) These regulations may be amended from time to time by the Senate following consultation with the donor.

(2) After the death of the donor, these regulations may be amended from time to time as determined by the Senate, provided that such amendment conform to the general intention of the donor as expressed in these regulations or subsequent documentation provided by the donor.

Rudolf Werther Music Fund [F20099]

The Rudolf Werther Music Fund was established by a gift of $3000 in 1981 from Dr Rudolf Werther of Western Australia, teacher, scholar and composer of songs. The regulations for the use of the fund are as follows.

1. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is to be used from 1983 for the following purposes:

(a) to provide support for the public performance, in recitals organised by The University of Western Australia, of art songs by Australian composers, such recitals to be described publicly as having been supported by the fund; and

(b) to award prizes, to be known as the Rudolf Werther Prizes, for the public performance of art songs by Australian composers, by students of The University of Western Australia or other performers taking part in either—

(i) competitive musical festivals in Western Australia organised in conjunction with the School of Music of The University of Western Australia; or

(ii) competitions organised by the School of Music of The University of Western Australia.

2. The fund is administered by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

3. Unexpended income in any year is carried forward and becomes part of the income available for expenditure in the following year.

Sadao Hirano Japanese Studies Fund [F1753]

Mr Sadao Hirano of Tokyo having donated the sum of $20,000 for the provision of an annual prize in Level 1 Japanese and the purchase for the then Department of Asian Studies of educational materials related to Japan, the Sadao Hirano Japanese Studies Fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following conditions.

1. The annual income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used for—

(a) the provision of a prize of $250 to be known as the Sadao Hirano Prize in JAPN1101 Japanese Beginners I and JAPN1102 Japanese Beginners II which is awarded by the appropriate Board of Examiners to the student who has the highest aggregate mark in JAPN1101 Japanese Beginners I and JAPN1102 Japanese Beginners II taken in the same calendar year; and

(b) the purchase for the school of educational books and materials relating to Japan, as approved by the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies.

2. The unexpended annual income accruing from the Sadao Hirano Japanese Studies Fund is carried forward and available for use in the next year.

Sir Eric Smart Fund [F20094]

A sum of $200,000 having been bequeathed to the University by the late Sir Eric Smart, and supplemented by a gift of $50,000 from his son, Mr Peter Smart, for the purpose of funding scientific research into agriculture in the coastal area between Perth and Geraldton, especially between Badgingarra and Binnu, a fund is established for the purpose. The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The Planning and Executive Committee of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences meets annually to determine, after consultation with Mr Peter Smart or any nominee appointed to deputise for him during his lifetime, an area of research to be funded and the limit of funds to be made available from the accumulated capital and interest for that research, for the following year.

2. The Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences then calls for written applications for funding for research in the designated area from members of the academic staff of the University.

3. Applications must state the amount of funding sought and give full details of the purpose for which it is intended to be used.

4. The Planning and Executive Committee of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences must consider the applications and, after consultation with Mr Peter Smart or nominee, allocate the funds for the following year.

5. Unexpended income is added to the capital sum.

6. The results of research supported by the fund are published and the support of the Sir Eric Smart Fund is acknowledged.

7. Upon Mr Smart's death, his role in the process of allocating funds will be assumed by another member of the Smart family, previously nominated in writing to the University by Mr Smart.

Sir Frank Ledger Fund [F20084]

The trustees of the Sir Frank Ledger Charitable Trust having resolved to make available to the University for its Advanced Management Programme the sum of $20,000 in each of the calendar years 1982 to 1985 (with the intention that, in each of those years, $5000 plus the interest on the accumulating funds be disbursed for the purposes stated and $15,000 be placed in a permanent fund so that in subsequent years the interest of the fund would be available for the purposes stated and that the name of Sir Frank Ledger be associated with the fund and that it have an appropriate name in the annals of the University), the Sir Frank Ledger Fund is established. The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The funds available are used to support the Advanced Management Programme and in particular—

(a) to finance visiting lectureships; and

(b) to provide scholarships for participants who otherwise would not be able to take part in the programme.

2. The fund is administered by a committee comprising:

(a) the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce;

(b) the Director of the Graduate School of Management; and

(c) the Chief Operating Officer of the Integral Leadership Centre.

3.(1) At the beginning of each year the committee draws up a budget for the use of the funds available in that year and determines the terms and conditions for visiting lectureships and scholarships.

(2) The Manager, Executive and Development Programmes, is responsible for the administration of the budget and must report his or her decisions to the committee.

(3) The committee must report annually to the Vice-Chancellor on the use of the funds.

Sir Wallace Kyle Oration Trust [F12108]

Funds having been subscribed through a promotion by the members of the Rotary Club of Perth, the sum of $10,000 was presented to the University in 1980 to establish an oration to be known as the Sir Wallace Kyle Oration.

The following regulations govern the trust.

1. The purpose of the trust is to enable outstanding leaders in any profession, from Australia or overseas, to be invited to present the oration publicly.

2. The oration may be given in any area of learning on the theme of 'Service above Self'.

3. The Committee of Management of the trust comprises:

(a) the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia or nominee;   

(b) a senior member of the staff of The University of Western Australia, selected by the Vice-Chancellor;

(c) the President of the Rotary Club of Perth or nominee; and            

(d) a Rotarian representing the Vocational Service Committee of the Rotary Club of Perth, selected by the Rotary Club of Perth.

4. The cost of promoting the inaugural oration is to be deducted from the trust fund, the oration thereafter being funded from the income on the remaining funds after capitalisation of a percentage of the annual income in accordance with Senate policy.

5. The oration is given annually subject to the recommendation of the Committee of Management and depending on income and availability of suitable speakers.

6. These regulations may be amended from time to time by the Senate on the recommendation of the Committee of Management in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Western Australia and the President of the Rotary Club of Perth.

S. P. and H. V. Priestner Music Fund [F20090]

The S. P. Priestner Music Fund was established in 1983 by a donation of $5000 made in memory of her husband by Mrs Vidah Priestner, music lover and enthusiastic supporter of University music activities, and was supplemented in 1989 by a further donation of $5000 made by Mr and Mrs Priestner's family.

Both Mr and Mrs Priestner were active members of the University Choral Society for over 25 years and were honoured by life membership of the society. Mr Priestner also served as a committee member and office bearer of the society including a period as President.

The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The name of the fund is the S. P. and H. V. Priestner Music Fund.

2. The income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to continue and expand the work of the University's School of Music by providing support for solo vocal music (excluding opera) and for pianoforte accompaniment through—

(a) public recitals of vocal music;

(b) master classes in vocal music performance; and

(c) master classes in pianoforte accompaniment of solo vocalists or instrumentalists.

3. The name of S. P. Priestner and his association with the University is referred to in promoting projects supported by the fund.

4. Allocations from the fund for the purposes specified are decided by the Head of the School of Music after consultation with members of the full-time staff of the school.

Sylvia Davey Memorial Music Fund [F7825]

Relatives of the late Florence Sylvia Louise Davey, a former Perth violinist and music teacher, having donated the sum of $20,000 in 1997, the Sylvia Davey Memorial Music Fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1.(1) Subject to the provisions of (2), the income from the fund after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, is used to provide annual awards for full-time undergraduate students in the School of Music to assist them in obtaining advanced tuition on string instruments outside Western Australia, in accordance with guidelines set down by the School of Music.

(2) If, in the opinion of the full-time staff in the School of Music, there are, in any year, no suitable candidates for the awards described in (1), the fund may be used to provide financial assistance towards the cost of bringing to the University distinguished string teachers to offer advanced tuition to string students in the School of Music.

2.(1) Students granted awards in terms of 1(1) are called Sylvia Davey Music Scholars.

(2) Teachers brought to the University in terms of 1(2) are called Sylvia Davey Visiting Musicians.

3. The fund is administered by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences who has regard to the recommendations of the full-time staff of the School of Music.

4. Unexpended income in any year is carried forward and becomes part of the income available for expenditure in the following year.

W. A. and M. C. Newnham Grant [F20089]

Dr W. A. and Mrs M. C. Newnham having donated $35,000 to the University to facilitate the appointment of registered medical practitioners for the purpose of furthering the education of their colleagues in general practice in Western Australia, a fund is established for that purpose. The appointees are known as Medical Educators. The fund is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The appointments are financed from the income of the fund after capitalisation in accordance with Senate policy.

2. The number of Medical Educators appointed each year and the expenses to be allowed for each, are determined by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee.

3.(1) The Medical Educators spend two consecutive weeks in the field carrying out a programme of work approved by the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee.

(2) The programme includes visits to general practitioners to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of patients, continuing medical education matters and career prospects and to demonstrate new skills.

(3) Where appropriate the programme also includes addressing groups of medical practitioners, nurses and paramedical personnel.

4. The Medical Educators, who must be medical practitioners registered and practising in Western Australia, are appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of a selection committee consisting of:

(a) the Chair of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee;

(b) a nominee of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners;

(c) a senior medically qualified academic staff member of the University; and

(d) up to two other persons nominated by the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee.

5.(1) Each Medical Educator must submit a written report to the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee detailing the names of the general practitioners visited in the course of the programme of work undertaken, the types of cases seen or discussed with them and the Medical Educator's perception of the educational and other professional needs of those general practitioners.

(2) The report must be treated as a confidential document by the committee and used only in relation to the planning of future programmes of work for Medical Educators.

W. E. Rischbieth Bequest [F20091]

The late Mr William Edward Rischbieth having bequeathed his farm property at Mt Barker to the University for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the property being leased to Agriculture Western Australia, the income from the bequest is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The income after the deduction of costs including the maintenance of the bequest is called the Rischbieth Funds.

2. The Rischbieth Funds may be used for such purposes as the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences determines after considering the recommendations of the Rischbieth Funds Committee and with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

3.(1) The Rischbieth Funds Committee consists of:

(a) the Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences;

(b) a student elected by the students within the faculty; and

(c) four members of the academic staff elected by the faculty.

(2) The committee has power to co-opt.

4. Proposals for expenditure or applications for grants may be made by students or academic staff of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences on an individual or group basis up to the first day of the second semester in any year for periods commencing the first day of the following January.

5. All projects extending beyond one year will be reviewed for renewal annually.

6. The committee will make its recommendation in accordance with the following guidelines:

(a) Other things being equal, preference is given to projects from which benefits may be expected to be widespread: a project which may be expected to benefit the whole Faculty including the students will be preferred to a project which may be expected to benefit a small number of individuals; and

(b) Funds are not allocated for expenditure which would normally be borne by the University.